No. 13 Oregon’s 17-15 loss to No.
21 UCLA on Oct. 10 did more than hand the Ducks their second defeat of the season. It also turned rapper and producer 50 Cent into one of the night’s unlikely winners.
Curtis Jackson, better known as 50 Cent, said he was on UCLA in a big way before kickoff. In an Instagram caption after the game, he wrote: "Told you I bet 100k ($100,000) they gave me 450k ($450,000).
When I tell you something, next time eat fool," Jackson told his followers in the caption. " BIG BAG.
UCLA covered. I knew they was not coming to lose.
[Now] 5-0 I can feel it!"
According to DraftKings odds shortly before kickoff, UCLA was listed at +320 on the moneyline.
Jackson’s bet came after UCLA coach Bob Chesney revealed that he listens to Jackson’s song "Many Men (Wish Dish)" from the 2002-2003 album "Get Rich or Die Tryin'." Chesney made that admission to ESPN college football/NFL reporter Paolo Uggetti before the Bruins’ trip to Eugene. He had even been bobbing his head to the track during a 7:15 in the morning practice session.
That connection apparently caught Jackson’s attention. He posted his pick on Instagram about 24 hours before the game, backing UCLA to pull the upset inside Autzen Stadium. When the Bruins did exactly that, Jackson came out ahead in a major way.
The result leaves Oregon trying to regroup after what the source describes as its second self destruction of the 2026 season. It was also the Ducks’ first loss in Big Ten play, a setback that makes the path ahead even more demanding.
And the schedule does not ease up. Oregon still has Ohio State in Columbus later on, plus a Halloween matchup with Northwestern, which now has former Ducks coach Chip Kelly as offensive coordinator. Nebraska, the Ducks’ Oct. 17 opponent, is also expected to be coming in frustrated after nearly upsetting defending national champion Indiana on the same day.
For Oregon, the margin for error is shrinking fast. To have any shot at the conference championship game or the College Football Playoffs, the Ducks likely need to win out and hope other results break their way. For Jackson, though, the night ended with a very different kind of outcome: one very profitable Bruins pick.
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